totheircountrythey'reworried about a broader conflictwithukraine, acountrytheyfeel very close to. >> the foreign ministry did put out a statement this morning. didn't it? saying it is extremely concerned about events. explain moscow's point of view. >> the official russian view is that the moment that nothing like an intervention is going on. this is also what we hear from statements from the russian foreign min city. they're mainly responding to provocations. they're saying we're trying to keep the interior ministry and stress they're in the interest of the many ethnic russians and acting in accordance with the agreement. in general, it's very important to russia and seen russia is still hoping that with increasing the pressure on the government, will let go because for russia it's losing ukraine as a strategycal partner was bad. now also losing crimea would be the wost scenario. so they're willing to risk a lot. >> huge amount at stake. as we saw that message from balm quite strong wording trying to warn off russia. how far do you think moscow thinks it can go? >> well, preside

of the budapest memorandum on security issues signed in 1994 betweentheukraineandfivecountries. dueto our decision to get rid of the nuclear armament. we addressed them to observe their obligations, including russia, who signed this memorandum. we asked the security council to consider the situation in the ukraine as seriously as it is and to undertake the appropriate measures to assist us to stop the dangerous developments which are challenging the international peace and our territorial integrity. thank you. >> how would you characterize the russian military movements, as aggression? >> yes, because some of them identified themselves as russians. we know specifically some of the units, for example the 22nd special brigade of the intelligence department, the foreign forces of the russian federation, we know involved the special law enforcement company. i gave you the name of this captain who led his group because of the decision of the crimean parliament, and we identified the presence of the russian aircraft and helicopters. the people who invaded in the parliament and the crimean parli

. this has been another day of uncertaintyinukraine. asmallcountrythatplays a pivotal role to economic giants. the instability of ukraine and the di ployment of russian troops, in the crimea region of ukraine. one quarter of western's natural gas is supplied by iran, and half of that goes through ukraine pipeline network. any disruption would hit germany hard which depends on gas to run its factories. as it stands russian officials say they need $15 billion this spring to avoid a financial default and keep the country's economy going. in recent days an interim government in kiev asked the international monetary fund and other countries to help. many countries have investors who would be hit hard if ukraine goes under. even russia recognized the problem two weeks ago and pledged a $15 billion, but that was before viktor yanukovych was deposed. a russian intervention, or lingering tensions lead to go a debt default would cause havoc to trade, even here in the united states. for some contac contacts, in chy investors pulled their investments out of emerging markets and put them in bonds,

not only in crimea, but also as you heard phil ittner say on the territoryofukraine. thecountryiseas earn eastern. you have 40% of the population is ethnic russian. then you also have the black feet with forces with that. it's a complicated situation for the new government of kiev. only 48 hours old, facing a lot of challenges. and now this military challenge on top of it. and certainly must be a very, very worrying development. >> all right, jennifer glass joining us. thank you so much. >>> and anyoning me now villa skyp--andjoining me now the newy appointed interior minister appointed in ukraine. what are you concerned about right now? >> yes, what is happening now from the ukraine. you see ukraine is not quite ready for military abrasion from the russian. nobody thinks this would be happening because everybody is saying that russia is our friend. russia is family, etc. but what is happening now when putin asking to be parliament of russia to make this, and they say yes. going into crimea with th, ukrae is not a nuclear country. it was in 1994 when this umbrellas witagreement was s

on the situationinukraine. thecouncil members reviewed with concern the recent developments inthecountry. duringthe concern was expressed for the ukraine and the council agreed on the importance of restraint by all the actors in the ukraine. they called for inclusive political dollar -- dialogue acknowledging the diversity of ukrainian society. in my national capacity, we certainly have concern about the situation and the outbreak of violence in crimea and ukraine. we express our strong support for ukraine's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. we call on ukraine's partners -- foreign partners to abide by international law. during the discussions, we all reminded of the discussions to observe multilateral agreements. by all parties. also the ukraine and russian agreement of 1997. we reiterated the obligation of all member states to refrain in international relations from threats or the use of force against territorial integrity, a lyrical independence of any state in any manner with the purposes of the united nations. sorry, i have a cold. anybody that recognized the ac

that by the false any means of a false sense of the fundamental kerry saidtheukrainebutmost of the eu of course that he wants ukraine to eventually join the brawl but what why he would the eu wants ukraine which is a bankrupt country right now. it does everything for economic purposes was really for expressionism that is wrong. if we have with a friend i'll have to make his interests as well but it gets bad one just rely on a hike i participated in the debates in the european parliament this week on the ukraine crisis. i was one of the co authors in the gay shakers of the train resolution. i've been falling ukraine full more than ten years on hold them at will without a snooty of the of the of the order of merit of ukraine is a country that on an extremely well and i'm absent of the shoal that the intentional the government is to move in a western european direction of what provided the my down was the fat off to several years four years of negotiations of the last minute. mr yanukovich to the complete u turn i decided not to sign the association agreement not to sign the deep and comprehensiv

-term stability stability in central europeandukraineandcountrieslikethat. but putin is a history-making individual. he sees himself as someone who is shaping history. and people like that are inherently destabilizing. so he is the head of really a failing country with a lot of power, a lot of money, and itch to destabilize the world. and so it's his stability, it's his either rise in power or flow in to we are that maybe ultimately was at stake in one of the world's great troublemakers. >> woodruff: let's bring it back home and talk about something that happened in this country this week, mark. and that is arizona zigzag, i guess you could say, where the legislature passed a law saying, a bill saying that merchants, service providers could refuse to provide a service to anyone who is gay. now the governor, jan brewer, republican, vetoed this. what does it all add up to? >> well, american civil liberties union, aclu, the anti-defamation league, adl, add to that apple, marriott, delta airlines, american airlines, marriott hotels, starwood hotels, the loss of any standing for arizon

to america's news headquarters. >> i'm arthelneville.ukraine's actingpresidentsayingtheircountry's forcesare on high alert but are seeking a political solution by russia. the latest move by moscow is being met with anger and violence with thousands of anti-russian protesters taking to the streets all over ukraine. meanwhile, hundreds of pro-russian demonstrations are being held there. rallies with protesters raising russian flags, fighting against supporters of the new ukrainian government. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> fox news confirmed that defense secretary chuck hagel spoke to his russian counterpart today about the situation in ukraine. pension officials said there are no military contingency plans for ukraine. we don't expect to hear from the president again today, although we possibly could get an offcamera update from the white house if there are new developments. in president obama's remarks yesterday he warned russia any violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing. >> represent a profound interference in matte

on a dramatic escalation of the crisisinukraine, thecountrynowheading na a possible showdown with its powerful neighbor russia putting its armed forces on full alert and warning russia that any military intervention in the country will lead to war. welcome to america's news headquarters, heavily armed russian troops already in crimea surrounding the government building there. tightening their grip. and now the ukrainian government is putting its forces on military alert. and asking nato to look at all possible ways to help protect its territorial integrity. united nations security council meeting right now to assess what their options are and asking for the input of other u.n. countries and we're also seeing some amateur videotape of russia's growing military presence there. troops wearing uniforms. but reports say they are part of an organized russian deployment. tensions right now in the cri a crimea, a strategic crossroads that has been fought over for many, many centuries. fox news radio reporter joins us live via skype. jessica, you are in the crimean peninsula, what is the late

: every single person told me they have a family member still overinukraineandworried about their loved ones but also worried about their country. here's what they had to say. >> these last few months i have been losing sleep just watching everything that's going on in ukraine, so it's been a 24 hour schedule and seeing that happen today, it felt like the floor fell out from beneath me. part of me said how could he do this and another part of me was almost expecting this. i was waiting for this to happen. so it's disappointing and it's scary because i do have family that is 20 kilometers from the russian border and speaking with them this morning, they are scared, they are keeping an eye out on everything that's going on and they are scared for their children as well. >> all ukraine wants is just to be -- just to be a regular country, just to be a country where people raise their children, pay their taxes, they have, you know, lego system, just to be like everybody else. they are not antirussian, antisemitic, they want for themselves and their families. >> what do you hope t

country, andthatisukraine. wehave seen some, but there may be more russian troops inside of the ukrainian borders and mostly in the crimea area to the south. they say they need production, but it is called a dangerous slide toward war. and throughout ukraine and not just crimea, there are protesters fighting with the crowds, and they have already toppled the highest level government. the ukrainian president left office and fled to russia. white house correspondent jim acosta is with me, and fred polite jen is in moscow, and we will start with jim. first the president made it clear that e he is going to stand with the international community in handling the message with ukraine, and it was a tough message in the 90-minute phone call? >> yes, it was a tough message and we know that the presidents spoke a week and a day ago, but developments have been move sog qui quickly in ukraine with the russian involvement that the president came down hard today in if statement. he said that the united states condemns russia's military intervention in the crimean territory, and i want t

ofukraine. therewill be costs for any military interventioninukraine. >>reporter:inukraine, acountryonthe edge of civil war, a war that could drag in russia, europe and even the u.s., these were frightening developments. >> we are on the edge not of the new cold war, but we are on the edge of hot war. >> reporter: the real danger right now is that ukraine is torn between russia on the one hand, so close and so powerful, so bound to it by history and language, and the west on the other side with its promises of freedom, democracy and prosperity. but where the russian forces moved in today, in crimea, russian is the main language. it's home to a huge russian naval base. they welcomed these mass troops. to them, this is still their rightful president. viktor yanukovych, who fled the capital city of kiev, as protesters took over there, he finally appeared in russia, at a raucous press conference and declared, i am ready to fight for the future of ukraine. but tonight, all eyes are on one man -- putin and what he'll do next. terry moran, abc news, moscow. >>> and i want to bring in abc

on the diplomatic, political and economic frontwithukrainesimilartoacountrylikefinland which is a neighbor of russia which has very close ties with the european union but also has a very good, close economic and political relationship with russia. so i think what you're hearing at the united nations, even though there's a lot of tough rhetoric going on, you heard ambassador samantha power calling it quote ironic that russia's always talking about the sanctity and the sovereignty of other countries, a kind of dig at how the russians have been dealing on syria, but also talking about mediation and talking about how russian interests can be protected. so i think that's really what we're going to see in the next couple of days, maybe a mediator go there, maybe some discussion on how to make sure that russia has a seat at the table here. >> i suppose the trouble is those carrots and sticks i'm sure have been a topic of conversation in all the back and forth we've seen over the last 48, 72 hours before those russian force moved in and yet russia went forward. what we have learned, the president'

.s. and the otherwesterncountriesandtheukrainearein favor of having these speeches. they're never going to -- russia, a permanent member of the u.n. security council. f f >> the crimea crisis the center of what's going on. diane is standing by with the latest from there. what is the latest, diane? >> reporter: the meeting at the capital is pretty much controlled by various groupings, you have prorussia militias, then you have in nonbody of unidentified -- look like military uniforms, they're organized like the military, they are controlling regional government buildings here. there are many -- there is a lot of speculation in the broader world of course that these are russian military, whoever they are. they are very well organized and act like a military and i did speak to one of them today, asked him where are you from? he said from russia, so the question is, has the russian parliament just approved what is happening on the ground anyway? if there are this large number of russian troops already here, will president putin send more in? and what you have effectively is a situation wher

with opposition leaders. are they able to fight back?>>ukraineisa very, verypeacefulcountryandthese people were really trying to put the whole thing together. they really reached out to russian speakers in ukraine and east of ukraine mostly clintojo these protests so there was no pretext for russia to do that. the whole thing is that they were trying to sell this story and by the way, i mentioned one has to remember that part of germany came in to protect and suffered because they had to leave the territory because there was ethnic cleansing. so russia using brutal force, they claim to be provoked but this claim is not valid. now, ukrainians, i think they were starting to bring in a new interim government. the whole thing was very going very peaceful. i met with all of the leaders. i had a long conversation. peaceful intentions to carry out democratic changes, open up ukraine over to europe. that's exactly what vladimir putin cannot forgive them. because if they go democratic like european and the united states, he had to act on this fall sense of protecting more people. so what ukraine ha

direct and a very strong interest in crimea,inukraineandit's much greater than anyothercountryhas.>> it seems to me, and i want to take a quick break, professor, but it seems to me in the old days of the cold war when there were these kinds of tensions there was a hot line between moscow and russia, that phone, that red phone as it was called, the leaders of the united states and russia would get on and talk. is it a possibility that the president of the united states would have this kind of conversation with putin? >> well, we do still have a hot line and we know that president obama spoke for an hour with president putin last week. but frankly, ever since the russians granted political asylum to edward snowden in russia, the u.s.-russian relationship has really deteriorated, they don't talk very often. there is a hot line, i'm sure they'll use it. people would like to deescalate the tensions, but we have now the worst relationship we have had at least since the russia-georgia war and it doesn't look like it's going to get much better. >> that happened in 2008. we're going to co

obama's words, especially dealing with a strategicallyimportantcountrylikeukraine. >>theukraineisa major country in central europe. it's got nearly 50 million people. it's a big space between nato and russia. it's got enormous economic potential. if it tips back into russia's orbit, the hand writing is on the wall for the other formal republics of the soviet union. the lesson america's weakness is becoming pervasive will spread worldwide. putin holds all the high cards and all we have to offer from president obama is rhetoric. >> john boehner says the obama administration's, quote, acquiesce forced putin to take action. >> we can't stress enough the events in the ukraine are developing at a frantic rate. we can't predict what is going to happen, but we can analyze it and we are going to do that where it all may be going with marv marvin kalb. he will join us later in the show. >> we have a powerful pacific storm pounding southern california. the state plagued by extreme drought. now that water is flooding low-lying areas and causing concerns for mud slides there. this as the n

into the crimean, intosouthernukraine, whichis the predominantly russian territory ofthatcountry. theytalk of up to 2,000 forces potentially even up to 6,000 forces that might already be on the ground there. and also, the regional government there which is also pro-russian, has said that russian forces that are part of a military base that russia has in that region anyway are already helping them secure government buildings in the main town, the capital of the crimea. the big question, is this happening in retrospect or will we see a big push of russian forces move towards ukraine. >> of course, this comes just hours after, maybe 18 hours after president obama warned russia against military intervention in ukraine. where do we foresee this going in the next couple of steps? i'm not asking you to pull out a crystal ball here, but the president's drawn sort of, without using the phrase, a red line and it seems that russia is prepared to cross it. >> reporter: yeah. the president very much in danger of walking, if you will, another red line trap, sort of similar to the syria chemical weapons

union that would create a very strong trading block. without thatkeycountryofukraine, thatprospect of vladimir putin's that dream of creating this trading block, that might just probably fall apart. jonathan. >> and so, phil, what happens next? we know obviously the parliament approved this movement, is there any indication that president putin i understand tends to sends more soldiers in cremia? >> reporter: well, it certainly is a possibility. the russians have said that they are able to, they have used this kind of framework in the russian contusion and the agreement that his exist between ukraine and russia particularly a 1997 agreement in which they said that in there is any threat to security, in particular to that navel base i mentioned that russia can take steps to protect the security of the peninsula there. so there is some wording, but there has already been a lot of criticism about the way that they have jumped through hoops and used loopholes and legal ease to get the vote pass today make it look -- to basically put an official face on it. it wasn't a hard vote to get

ambassadorstoukraine, united states, russia and othercountriestalkedto reporters for about an hour and 10 minutes. >> i briefed the security council on the developments and informed them about the creation of the new government by the overwhelming majority in the parliament this majority constitutional majority, which demonstrated the support not only of the new leaders in the power but also the opposition. yesterday the government was created again by overwhelm inging majority which gives legitimacy and the parliament of government was announced yesterday. it is bringing the vision of how to cope with the current crisis and how to cope with the reach of this crisis and how to stabilize the situation. the basic principles of this program is further tprpl makes of the civil society based on democratic principles and degree of the rights to all the nation of minority including language. a lot of stipulation about that. then unfortunately i informed about the recent developments in crimea crimea. today the parliament issued the resolution explaining that in crimea

situation,ukraineisone of the weakest moments in history.thecountryisessentially bankrupt. the government, the ex-president left, russia refused to recognize him as a leader. is a lot of reshuffling at the top in the armed forces and just recently, yesterday, the new leader, the new prime minister elected in crimea and the leader of the russian unity block and pro-russian political force and holding a rev referendum in may and what we could be seeing and this is a military inseeing and we are seeing the force. >> sir, there are reports that the troops are not just at the airports but moving to the northern ukraine and are they positioning to cut the peninsula off? >> that is possible as well. but we have to remember that ukraine and formed forces have a number of bases in ukraine. there is a coastal guard. there are at least 40 tanks belonging to the ukrainian armed forces and even if they close it out or block the access from the air they have to deal with the ukraine armed forces there in crimea. >> president obama warned the leaders that will would be costs, but isn't

urging him to withdraw his troopsfromukraine. inthe southern part thathavecountryreurus rush has ceased. crimea. >> reporter: the crimea prime minister asked hospital could you for help and he's getting. russia's decision authorize force in ukraine came as a surprise to much of the world. here in crimea at least, it's welcome news to many. jubilation in the crimean capital. the russians are coming. the as moscow endorsed the use of force, he would anything russians that are the majority here took to the streets. sporting the russian flag. >> translator: they are our protectors. there will be no military clashes she tells me. they are just here to guarantee our safety. >> reporter: beneath the statue of communist leader vladimir len up, russian and soviet military flags. the bonds are close here. crimea was part of russia until 1954. the only ukrainian autonomous republic has a new pro russian prime minister who moved quickly to take control. >> translator: i have decided to temporarily take command of all national forces. the interior ministry, the armed forces, the navy, tax and

ifukrainegivesup their nuclear weapons.socountriesaregoing to have to be held accountable who signs this memorandum, anderson. >> certainly russia is saying what's happening right now in crimea does prescribe to binational agreements that currently exist. ian lee, thank you, diana and jim as well. >> joining me national security analyst fran townsend, member of the skai and dhs external advisory boards. general marks, when you look at what these russian troops have done, seizing two airports, surrounding this television station, it seems like coup planning 101 these are the first steps people always do in any part of the world when they're seizing a area, correct? >> it's not a coup, it's an invitation, anderson. i think we can state clearly, albeit the administration has not come out and stated this with this degree of certainty, that the russians have invaded the ukraine. remember that crimea is a part of the ukraine. there isn't any additional sovereignty that crimea enjoys beyond what the ukraine has right now. so this type of activity by russia clearly is an effort on their par

in a trilateral agreement with the unitedstates,ukraine, russiaand britain, allfourcountriesinthe memorandum basically confirmed their support for ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. as you said, there are russian forces in crimea, but you are now getting reports that additional forces are coming in from outside and they're now doing things that are not associated just with the russian pressa presence at their base, such as setting up roadblocks across the countryside. >> from the russian perspective, what are russia's realistic options here and what do you think they're most likely to do? >> i think this goes back to when viktor yanukovych fled the country, i think there's been a decision taken in moscow to look at ways to destabilize that government. they had various tools, one of which is try to introduce separatist tensions in crimea. they're playing i think a very dangerous game here. >> could we be looking at armed conflict between ukrainian forces and armed russian forces inside ukraine? >> so far ukraine has been extremely restrained. ther

developments in the crisisinukraine, ashort time ago, president obama spoke to president putin about the situation. the call came after the russian parliament gave putin permission to send the country's military into the ukraine. obama warned putin that there would be costs to russia. meanwhile the president's national security team met today to discuss policy options and outside the white house today, protesters called the white house and europe to do more to combat russian aggression in the ukraine. >>> 27 people were killed in china. media reports there say several attackers boarded a train at the railway station. they were all armed with knives and started stabbing people on the train. more than 100 people were injured including four police officers. there have been as many as seven attackers and police reportedly shot all of them. the chinese government is now investigating that attack. >>> a man went into cardiac arrest outside a firehouse and the rookie firefighters who could have helped him should have known he could respond. the cadet was properly trained, that firefighter h

's no stomach inthiscountry, anyamericans or the president who wants to go to war over crimea intheukraine, acountry with very minimal economic impact in the western world, the vast majority of their trade is with russia. if they continue to provoke russia, what's going to happen likely is that russia will also do things economically. they have immense economic power over ukraine. half of all ukrainian exports go russia, that's where they get the foreign exchange reserves which they are getting low. if russia decides to impose costs on their imports saying your tractors don't meet our safety requirements that will be painful to you crane. russia can up the price of natural gas sharply. remember the west is promising a bail out. so every cost that russia imposes on ukraine is going to get paid for monetarily by the west. >> all right. you're right about that. they could literally turn off the natural gas. don jensen back to you. if putin mounted some large scale invasion the reports are 2,000 troops. those reports are not necessarily totally confirmed. i don't know what we really know. let

into southern partsofukraineburga recent uprising inthecountry. themain concern is on the peninsula of kremea. brian webb has been watching the events unfold. >> reporter: the ukraine is in the middle of a tug of war between the east and the west and the u.s. has joined into a diplomatic dance the keep the peace. war planes, armored tanks and hundreds of soldiers in masks made their way into crimea. >> we are concerned of reports of military movements taking by the russian federation. >> reporter: a revolt led to the president of the ukraine fleeing to russia. >> this could be a very dangerous situation if this continues and a very provocative way. >> reporter: crimea has long been a part of russia and has wanted to return. there is a russian air base allowing russia to come and go. so far, russian officials are refusing to acknowledge any mission but have promised to protect ethnic russians during the uprising. the u.s. is standing strong, too, warning there will be consequences for military action. >> the united states will stand with the international community in affirming ther

radford. >> russia ranches up the pressureonukraineandpresident obama reacts. isthecountryapowder keg ready to blow? >>> also gentrification often gets a bad name but does it always deserving to bad mouthed? >>> the oscars are here but why haven't viewers seen the nominees. i'm poiment welcome to "consider this." here is more ahead. >> chaos in ukraine.

you back. >> thank you. >> turningfromukrainetobrutal atrocities in the world'syoungestcountrysouthsudan. what's going on there is horrific, in the town of malakol, in the oil rich north. find no words to describe the brutalities in malakol. war crimes are being committed with impunity. colonel hoff says there is no humanity here. and in the words of u.n.'s toby lanzer, there is nothing left there but dead bodies. hundreds of houses stores and markets burned to the ground and corpses left lying in the streets. the town's teaching hospital was also attacked by rebels last week, 14 patients shot some apparently in their beds. fighting broke out in south sudan last december between forces loyal to the country's president and others to south sudan's former vice president. and while a cease fire was declared more than a month ago, human rights reports that a human massive destruction and widespread loading have emerged in this conflict. for more i am joined by preston lyman, and via skype from northhamton, massachusetts, researcher and honor of compromising with evil, an archival

onukraineandpresident obama reacts. isthecountryapowder keg ready to blow? >>> also gentrification often gets a bad name but does it always deserving to bad mouthed? >>> the oscars are here but why haven't viewers seen the nominees. i'm poiment welcome to "consider this." here is more ahead. >> chaos in ukraine. russia accused of accepting military forces -- sending military forces into the area. >> we are now deeply concerned of reports of military movements taken by russian federation. >> an activist group smugd cameras in. should the -- smuggled am last in. >> the red carpet is down and the cameras are on. good and the oscar goes to ... >> we begin with the ongoing crisis and reports of russian intervention in ukraine. ukrainian leaders accuse russia of staging and armed invasion friday after uniformed men took up positions where the black sea naval fleet is based. flights in and out of the region have been cancelled. the air space is closed. the u.s. coast guard in crimea is bokd b blocked by russian navies. security and permitted under bilateral agreements. deposed president v

the long term, we'll seetheukrainedividedintotwodistinctcountriesandtwo distinct region, one of them being crimea and the rest of the area down there, that's mostly ethnic russia and the other half of the ukraine, kiev, those who demonstrated to get the president out last week, tilting toward the eu. >> turning to the afghanistan, your son is serving a fifth tour in afghanistan, general dempsey there, making some, i thought, exceptional remarks today, talking about the importance of u.s. forces in afghanistan, the strategic importance, even as his commander in chief, you know, halfway around the world, is saying get ready for the zero option, this is peculiar language for general dempsey, is it not? >> it is, lou. i feel for all of those men and women over there who are still engaged in the fight and they're living in this edge of uncertainty. particularly what general dempsey said about the possibility of afghan forces siding with taliban and turning on our people. these are difficult things for them to be hearing. lot of talk in washington about when the new president gets

inukraine. theevents in the past several months remind us of how difficult democracy can be inacountrywithdeep divisions, but the ukrainian people have also reminded us that human beings have a universal right to determine their own future. right now, the situation remains very fluid. vice president biden just spoke with prime minister -- the prime minister of ukraine to assure him in this difficult moment, the united states supports his government's efforts and stands for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and democratic future of ukraine. i also commend the ukrainian government's restraint and its commitment to uphold it international obligations. we will continue to coordinate closely with our european allies. we'll continue to communicate directly with the russian government, and we'll continue to keep all of you in the press corps and the american people informed as events develop. thanks very much. >> are they russian forces? >> a brief statement from president obama saying that the u.s. is deeply concerned about the military movements of russia in ukraine, and the crimea

ofukraine. yanukovychpromised to fight forthecountry's future.obviously, lots of turmoil, aching it very difficult for the government in kiev. >> our nick schifrin is in kiev. mike viqueria is in washington, d.c. nick you have been in kiev for eight days. other than what you have been reporting, what has been striking you with this story? >> that the power is not with the new government, the power is with the people right behind me john. we spent the last few days in i independence square speaking with the thousands of people who are still there and it's extraordinary the amount of attention they are paying on the new parliamentarians, on the new government, the new cabinet ministers they all say if the government doesn't do what we want it to do then their fate will be the same as the old government's fate. covering any kind of revolution whether in iraq or syria or egypt it is a very different feej from those places. -- feeling from those maces. there is not the kind cied of radical -- kind of radicalism. now woe have the kind of political movement where the people believe they have th

in negotiations it is one for now. i planned to speak to demonstrating.toukraineandits teetering economy. international officials await assistance to the country which by some accounts may be is less than one billion dollars in aid but despite these dire warnings so far no one is prepared to act out ukraine is running out of time. its foreign currency reserves have dropped sharply and tea and is counting on the international money to fund to stave off bankruptcy in washington imf said christina got played down the danger. we do not see anything that is critical that this was the opening of the moment and we would save me. the bills receipts and refrain from throwing out some numbers which are really meaningless until they are being assessed property ukranian is a hunting the imf will provide fifteen billion dollar lifeline to you crying. they say it's ok to do whatever it takes the money. but it is the update we received loans from the imf. ukraine will absolutely fulfilled the required criteria the wall and the amounts of foreign exchange presents we have right now. it is enough to pay

inukraine. partof the russian navy is based inthecountry. wehave more from the crimea capitol. how much has changed between thursday and friday. now the building guarded by armed troops and the same civilians issue new orders. go back, be gone. they enjoy the power. it isn't just the parliament building and parliament itself which have been lost to kiev. the block cases have spread to places like the police and security services headquarters. overnight the state tv channel was plunged into darkness. we saw military figures inside the perimeter. the airport and apparently air space controlled by people who want to keep ukraines influence out of here. even on civilian flights. these things don't look like a random series of coincidences. political institutions, state television, airports, military installations must go to drive all of these things as strategic objects. if you can patrol them you can control events. coo it be that moscow wants to use the ukrainian crisis as an opportunity to take back crimea. as to emphasize the point the new pro russian prime minister announced he would t

. there will be delays as well as possible closings. we are also following developments concerning the crisisinukraine. presidentobama spoke by phone with russian president vladimir putin. the russian parliament gave putin military force permission. the u.s. had condemned russian intervention. they're calling on the country to withdraw forces. protesters gathered outside the white house to show some work for the ukraine. bryant examined the signs that the crisis is getting worse. >> the russian parliament rubberstamped president who did's request -- putin's request for military force. >> there will be costs to military intervention in ukraine. >> trouble broke out. protesters favored -- battled against those who favor an alliance with europe. the city hall building was attacked. armored vehicles control roads in the crimea. they blocked roads to the region's key are work. -- airports. crimeame minister of claim control of all military police and security services. he appealed to moscow to help keeping fees. -- peace. russia sent 6000 troops into crimea. he said that that was a military occupation and

to military interventioninukraine. theevents of the past several us of waremindcountrieswithdivisions. ukrainian people of also humans havethat universal right to determine their own future. right now, the situation remains very fluid. vice president biden just spoke with the prime minister of ukraine to assure him that in this difficult moment, the united states supports his government's efforts and stands for the sovereignty and territorial integrity and democratic future of ukraine. i also commend the ukrainian restraint and ability to hold its international obligations. we will continue to coordinate with our european allies and continue to communicate directly with the russian government and continue to make all of you in the press and the american people informed as events develop. thank you very much. that was president obama at the white house yesterday. we read you a bit from the washington post story. the wrapup of the president's beach. there was a lead editorial in today's washington post. here's what the post had to say about a combination -- to say about, "condemnation i

interest and what are the costs the president is speaking about. >> well,theukraineisamajorcountryincentral europe. it has got nearly 50 million people. it's a big space between nato and russia. it's got enormous economic potential. and if it tips back into russia's or not. i think the handwriting is on the wall for the other former remust be biblicals of the soviet union. the lesson that america's weakness becoming persuasive will spread worldwide. putin holds all the high cards. all we have to offer from president obama is rhetoric. >> he says there are going to be costs. any thoughts? >> he will be very unhappy. there are no costs that he is prepared on russia because after all, that would prevent the re-set button from functioning as well as it's functioned the past five years. >> what i would love to know and i don't think i will ever know memoirs. what he said today in a statement he had spoken to putin the other day and didn't say what he spoke about. i'm trying to think what in the world are those two talking about? >> well, the president's basic view is that we have a co

is afraternalcountryofukraine, ourneighbor. if you talk about this in terms of the last fall situation, the legally elected president yanukovych he is relying on a democratically-elected parliament. truly the country is dealing with a serious economic challenges and with the leadership of ukraine, they have serious decisions to make. in particular, they need to make a decision whether they will join or they will assign an agreement of association with the eu. this is a complex decision. one of the mistakes of the ukrainian leadership maybe was the fact that at the last minute they realized that that agreement on association that was being proposed by brussels could have economic consequences for ukraine. in these conditions, the ukrainian leadership, the president took a decision that is fully constitutional and it fully meets the paw roughing -- prerogatives of any state to refrain from signing an agreement with the eu. that didn't mean as many have said that there was a full reputiation. just that he had to weigh the circumstances that had come together at that time. i repeat that wa

airports insouthernukraine. theyflew in by helicopter and came in on a russian warship. russia says it's there for security purposes only to help prevent anymore up rest in the country. but some top leaders believe it's an invasion on ukraine. president obama says he's deeply concerned. >> any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interest of yukraine, russi or europe. >> right now the world is watching. ukrainians in the bay area is worried about their relatives there. jean elle has more. >> reporter: there are lots of ukrainians working here in silicon valley. as the situation intensifies, they are organizing here, doing what they can to help. >> send some money for medicine and support for injured people. >> reporter: with violence and military tension building in ukraine, ukrainians in the bay area are coming together, sending help to people at home as the situation changes quickly. >> it a occupied with russian forces. >> reporter: as pictures of russian forces taking over the airports. >> it's very upsettin

.ukraineisdeeply, deeply divided. it depends on how talk to and what part ofthecountry. tothe south 60% of russians speaking to the east a little more. kiev a little more western leaning. just depends on who you speak to. >> jessica, thank you. thank you for being with us. up next the o'reilly factor. good night from washington. >>> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: ♪ >> as president obama tries to help children at risk in america, millionaire hip hop people continue to put out stuff that may be harmful to unsupervised kids. ♪ >> tonight, we will continue the debate. >> would you allow the national archives to release the documents? >> actually, the archives is moving as rapidly as the archives move. >> after 13 years, hillary clinton's advice to her husband, the president, is finally made public. james rosen will analyze for us.

are enteringhiscountryandhas seized the mainairport.ukraine's actthe president is telling the russian president vladimir putin to put a stop to it, but russia says any military move taking place is in keeping with an earlier graham between moscow and the ukraine -- agreement between moscow and the ukraine. >>> did healthcare heck ever appear on the -- did hillary clinton ever appear on a sitcom? no, she didn't, but that was one consideration. that is one thing you'll find as the national archives releases documents from the bill clinton presidency. other documents touch on everything from the failed effort on health reform to new technology back then referred to as the super information highway now called the internet. >>> let's get back to the district heights area now for the breaking news. firefighters say multiple fires were set at the oak crest condo on brooks drive and mola lenghi just arrived on the scene. tell us what you've learned. >> reporter: firefighters just said they just put out those fires. they were on the fifth floor of that building. behind me ladders extend up to

>> tonight, combatalert,ukrainepushesback after russia send troops intothecountry, whilethe u.n. and u.s. work the diplomatic channels. elizabeth palmer in ukraine, and margaret brennan in washington have the latest. they wanted rain in california, but how much is too much? john blackstone on the continuing threat of mid-slides. big changes for frequent flyers as delta decideses to reward passengers for dollars spent, rather than miles flown. jeff pegues is tracking the reaction. and backcountry snow boarding. sharyn alfonsi has the remarkable pictures of an adventururer who dares to go where others have note. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. it has been a day of high tension in ukraine, in particular the southern peninsula known as crimea. russia has sent thousands of troops into crimea where many ethnic russians live. the troops were deployed after the russian parliament gave vladimir putin the go-ahead to use military force to protect russian interests in crimea. the new government

on the political transitioninukraine's capitalto help keepthecountrystable.craig boswell for cbs news, the state department. >> the white house says the president could skip an international summit in russia this summer if the crisis escalates. >>> six officers sworn to uphold the law are accused of breaking it tonight among the charges stealing drugs and money. kpix 5's linda yee was there when the officers appeared in federal court today. >> reporter: well, ken, they are accused of bullying suspects and in some cases even committing crimes with them, serious charges that, if found guilty, they could face up to 20 years in prison. they are accused of being dirty cops and today, they lined up in a federal courtroom to tell the judge they're not guilty. the evidence against them tenderloin hotel video showing the undercover officers barging into rooms, then in some cases allegedly intimidating and threatening suspects before stealing their computers, money and other valuables. one of the officers' attorney says the government's case is weak because the cops are doing their job in a tou

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